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2,446,471 v I CHECK PRoTEcTR" Alphonse M. Goike, Milwaukee, Wis.

Application November 24, 1945, Serial No. 630,646

1 claim. 1

My invention has for its object to provide a simple and efficientcombination check book and check protector, as a substitute for astandard check protecting machine.

The specific object of my invention is to provide a check book cover, orbacking, with a burred plate and matrix in foldable relations, wherebythe surface of a check is mutilated or burred to prevent the amount ofthe same from being raised. It is understood that the protector is to beIcombined with any type of check book having hinged covers or of thefoldable variety.

With the above and other objects in view, which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the novel construction,cornbination and arrangement of parts, substantially as hereinafterdescribed, and more particularly dened by the appended claim, it beingunderstood that such changes in the precise embodiment of the hereindisclosed invention may be made as come within the scope of the claim.

In the accompanying drawings is illustrated one complete example of thephysical embodiment of the present invention constructed according tothe best mode so far devised for the practical application of theprinciples thereof.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 represents a face view of an open standard check book providedwith a check protector, embodying the features of my invention.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation illustrating the check book in its closedposition.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a check mutilated ou' burred upon itsface, in accordance with my invention.

Fig. 5 is a face view of a foldable pocket check book with a wingextension, 4embodying the features of my invention.

Fig. 6 is an end elevation `of the same, and

Fig. '7 is a similar end elevation showing the pocket check book folded.

Referring by characters to the drawings, Figures l to 3 inclusive, Iindicates a foldable backing and l' the companion backing or cover for agroup of checks 2, which checks and backings are hingedly connected byrings 3.

The backing l has a foldable wing 4, which wing has secured thereto aburred plate 5, the burrs being of any suitable design having cuttingfaces. Interrupting the backing I and wing 4 is a depression or groove4', which groove, in effect, forms a hinge, whereby the wing 4 may befolded, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 2. When so folded, theplate 5 is aligned or registered with a matrix 6, the same beingsecured, in any suitable manner, to the backing I The matrix may be ofpliable material, whereby the bur-red plate will be imbedded therein toeffectually emboss the face of a check A, as indicated in Figures 2 and4.

When not in use, the check book is closed, as indicated in Fig. 3 of thedrawings, in which case the wing is folded inwardly.

Referring now to Figures 5 to 7 inclusive, the backing cover l' isformed from any exible material, such as leather or the like, and saidbacking cover is creased along the dotted linev indicated at x of Fig.5.

This cover is longitudinally positioned, with reference to a group ofchecks 2' mounted thereon, and said cover has a flap extension 'lprovided with a suitable grommet fastening 1', the companion member 1"of which is indicated in dotted lines at the opposite end of said cover.

The cover I', in this exempliflcation of my invention, is provided withan upwardly extended wing 4, secured to which wing is a two part burredplate 6 having a space therebetween upon opposite sides of the creasingline r.

Secured, in any suitable manner, to the wing 4" is a flap 8, which flaphas secured thereto a two part burred plate 5', corresponding inposition with the interrupted matrix plate 5.

Hence, as best indicated in Figure 6 of the drawings, the matrix andburred plate form an effective pair of jaws for the reception of a checktherebetween when it is desired to mutilate or burr the face of thecheck.

When this foldable check book is not in use, as indicated in dottedlines of Fig. 6, the wing extension is folded downwardly upon the groupof checks, and thereafter the checks and backing or cover l is foldedupon the dotted line a', to thus nest the parts in compact form andthereafter, as indicated in Fig. 7 of the drawings, the flap 1 is foldedover and locked by the male and female grommets in the usual manner.

It is emphasized that the winged foldable backing cover not only forms acover for the check book, but it is provided with two companion surfacesbetween which a folding groove is formed, whereby said surfacescomprising a burred plate and a matrix may be folded over a check tomark the same. Hence, the cover serves not only the purpose of a coverbut also serves the purpose of a check protector, and when folded overthe checks, it is practically only the thickness of two thin sheets.

While I have indicated a matrix as a separate strip attached to thebacking of a check book, obviously the backing may be formed with aREFERENCES CITED matrix face thereon for a bed upon which to press ThefOllOWing references are of record in the the burred plate in a checkprotector operation, le 0f this patent! I Claim! 5 A check book having athin backing cover UNITED STATES PATENTS grooved at its upper portion toform a foldable Number Name Date hinge, a thin strip of burred materialcarried for 133,567 Corry Dec. 3, 1872 the Same above the groovetherein, and a thin 1,794,939 YOCOm Mar. 3, 1931 pliable matrix.strjp'carried by"thecmgerg;'below- 10 lflvitfll anderson v June 28, 1932the groovhl'hged'? portion wl'lereblt,` when lthe wing is folded overupon a check between the burred plate and matrix, it is mutilated. T

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